A Quick Gratitude Fix
Back to the ick again. I can blame it on several things- the stomach virus that has kept me home for two days, the below-freezing nasty weather, job dissatisfaction, yadda yadda yadda...
Time to put the great things I've learned to work, right? Let's see, where to begin. The problem with having so many useful strategies is knowing which one to use. So I'm going to go with the only one that makes sense right now- good ol' gratitude.
It's been a while since I've compiled a list of things I'm grateful for, so here goes.
The kid at Taco Bell telling me I have a beautiful smile, prophetic fortune cookies that offer a little bit of hope on a PMSy day, taking the back roads, hard work being rewarded, doing flips in the grass with Tara, beautiful kitchens, chatting on front porches and waving at passersby, Cracker Barrel's apple butter on biscuits, good-bye kisses, diving boards, dump cake (oh dear GOD, yum), courtyard gardens, rainbows, sunrooms, candlelit anything, fresh watermelon in the summertime, planning our trip to New Orleans with Tara Bear, care packages, a beautiful moon, cool cucumber slices on my eyes, surprises, inspired writing, baseball at dusk, sunroofs, feeding horses by hand, afternoon thunderstorms, getting away, Tara's mashed potatoes, curling up with a book I can't put down, tipping well, homemade quilts, attending interesting conferences, my Across the Universe soundtrack, socks fresh from the dryer, card night at Melba's, fall leaves, sweet dreams, celebrating how far I've come, wishing on stars, a tidy work area, saying what needs to be said, stand-up comedians, beautiful paintings, feeding the ducks at Shannon Springs, not being attacked by the ducks at Shannon Springs, rereading old journal entries, hand-written letters, my heavenly bathrobe, the sense of accomplishment after a trip to the gym (yep, it's been a while), watching my kindergarteners get really giggly over puppets, new entries from my favorite bloggers, church bells, new babies, Charlie Brown specials, rooms filled with loved ones, a quiet morning commute, collapsing onto a soft mattress, visualizing, simple answers to questions, silly notes, a lazy housecat, the right words, old-fashioned elevators, rewriting my history, the perfect parking spot, chocolate fountains, the kindness of strangers, keeping up with old friends, nicknames, optimism, nightlights, James Taylor's Fire and Rain, massages at Bliss, hippos.
Thank you, Universe, for the good stuff.
In celebration, I am off to bake cookies. Want some? ;-)
Time to put the great things I've learned to work, right? Let's see, where to begin. The problem with having so many useful strategies is knowing which one to use. So I'm going to go with the only one that makes sense right now- good ol' gratitude.
It's been a while since I've compiled a list of things I'm grateful for, so here goes.
The kid at Taco Bell telling me I have a beautiful smile, prophetic fortune cookies that offer a little bit of hope on a PMSy day, taking the back roads, hard work being rewarded, doing flips in the grass with Tara, beautiful kitchens, chatting on front porches and waving at passersby, Cracker Barrel's apple butter on biscuits, good-bye kisses, diving boards, dump cake (oh dear GOD, yum), courtyard gardens, rainbows, sunrooms, candlelit anything, fresh watermelon in the summertime, planning our trip to New Orleans with Tara Bear, care packages, a beautiful moon, cool cucumber slices on my eyes, surprises, inspired writing, baseball at dusk, sunroofs, feeding horses by hand, afternoon thunderstorms, getting away, Tara's mashed potatoes, curling up with a book I can't put down, tipping well, homemade quilts, attending interesting conferences, my Across the Universe soundtrack, socks fresh from the dryer, card night at Melba's, fall leaves, sweet dreams, celebrating how far I've come, wishing on stars, a tidy work area, saying what needs to be said, stand-up comedians, beautiful paintings, feeding the ducks at Shannon Springs, not being attacked by the ducks at Shannon Springs, rereading old journal entries, hand-written letters, my heavenly bathrobe, the sense of accomplishment after a trip to the gym (yep, it's been a while), watching my kindergarteners get really giggly over puppets, new entries from my favorite bloggers, church bells, new babies, Charlie Brown specials, rooms filled with loved ones, a quiet morning commute, collapsing onto a soft mattress, visualizing, simple answers to questions, silly notes, a lazy housecat, the right words, old-fashioned elevators, rewriting my history, the perfect parking spot, chocolate fountains, the kindness of strangers, keeping up with old friends, nicknames, optimism, nightlights, James Taylor's Fire and Rain, massages at Bliss, hippos.
Thank you, Universe, for the good stuff.
In celebration, I am off to bake cookies. Want some? ;-)
posted by BlossomingSoul at
12:34 PM
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